Hose supporter



P. PUGNIET March 16, 1937.

H6512 SUPPORTER Filed April 5, 1955 Invenfir:

Patented Mar. 16, 1937 1' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,074,272 HOSESUPPORTER Paul Pugniet, Saint-Maude, France Application April 5, 1935,Serial No. 14,935 In France April 6, 1934 2 Claims.

The present invention has for its object, as new industrial products:

1.-The hose supporter, in which the button and its base form a singlerubber unit, such base i being provided with holes extending parallel toits lower face and through which is inserted 3 supporter according tothe present invention.

Figure 3 shows a detail of such hose supporter. Figure 4 is a'section onthe line IVIV of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a front view of another type of hose supporter according tothe invention.

Figure 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of Figure 5.

Figure '7 is a section on the line VIIVII of Figure 6. a The rubberstrip shown in Figure 1 recalls the I structure of a railway rail, inwhich have been bored holes I parallel to the lower face 2 of the base3.

The hose supporter shown in Figures 1-4 is constituted by a rubberbutton ,4 forming a single unit with its base 3 and obtained by cuttingto the desired length the strip shown in Figure 1. i In the holes I,parallel to the lower face 2 of the base 3 is inserted the iron wire5which is bent in order to form a frame. The tab 6 generally constitutedby web is carried around one of the sides 5' of the wire 5, then passedunder the face 2 of the base 3, then over the other side 5" of the wire5 and finally again passed under its own lower face, as shown in Figure4. Both sides of the tab 6 and the button loop 1 are secured to theattaching link 8 by means of a tubular shackle 9.

The hose support shown in Figures 5 to '7 also comprises a button 4 anda base 3 constituted by a single rubber section, but in this case thewire 5 is omitted and the holes obtained by the die during themanufacture of the strip such as shown in Figure 1, are separated bythin partitions Ill which are easily torn away when the tab 6 is beingintroduced, 1. e. by compressing transversely the base 3. In this vway agrooved edge opening is obtained (see Figure 6) in which the tab 6 isdirectly inserted (see Figure 7). It

is to be noted that in all embodiments of the invention, the attachingmeans is easily inserted in the holes or slot cut in the preformed blankof rubber. In Fig. 3 the wire 5 slides easily in the holes I; in Fig. 7the tab 6 slides easily through the slot, as shown.

The improved hose supporter thus obtained affords the followingadvantages:

(it) The button 4 is firmly secured to the tab 6, since it does notcomprise metallic parts for clamping the rubber or penetrating by meansof projecting parts into the same. Owing tothe yielding properties ofrubber such attaching means both lack strength.

(b) The hose or the sock is not gripped between two metallic parts whichtend to tear it.

(0) Since the tab 6 is firmly held along the whole surface of the base 3it cannot easily become detached from the base.

(d) The manufacture of the button and of its base is very economical.

(e) The tab 6 may be replaced after wearing without it being necessaryto completely replace the hose supporter as is the case with the devicesin which the tab 6 and the button 4 are constituted by a single unit.

(1) The rubber strip shown in Figure 1, enables one to obtain buttons ofany given length, and whatever may be such length, their bases willalways be bored through and through with holes such as l or openingssuch as I, I0, thus enabling the button to be secured to the buttonsupporting tabs.

What I claim is:

l. A device for supporting hose, socks and like garments comprising apiece of rubber so deformed that the top section is formed as a buttonand the base contains two holes parallel to the lower surface of saidbase and parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof, a link, a buttonloop, a wire deformed rectangularly and having two of its sides passingthrough said holes in said base, a strap passing freely over the othertwo sides of the said rectangular wire and under the lower piece of saidbase and meansfor attaching said button loop and said strap to saidlink.

2. A device for supporting hose, socks and like garments which comprisesa piece of rubber hav ing the configuration of an I-beam wherein the topserves as a button and the bottom as a base,

being interconnected, said button loop being con structed and arrangedto fit over the button and fit about the center of the I formed by saidbutton.

PAUL PUGNIET.

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